Holder for talking-machine records



H. ,WEIDE. HOLDER FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

, APPLICATION FILED JULY 5|,l92I.

Patented June 20, 1922'.

ammmtoz stares earner HANS WEIDE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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T 0 all 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, HANS lVninn, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Holders for Talking-Machine Records, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a holder for talking machine records adaptedto hold the records ready for individual withdrawal as desired.

The invention has for an object to provide a simple device on which therecords may be supported in spaced relation to one another forconvenient withdrawal and in a manner to reduce the space occupied by agiven number of records.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the follow ing descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. l of the drawings is a plan view of a record holder constructedaccording to the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side view on a reduced scale of the device with a recordsupported thereon.

As here embodied my improved record holder comprises a rectangular block10 which is of relatively small height and which is adapted to supportthe records in a vertical position. According to the present inventiontwo series of grooves or slots 11 and 12 respectively, are cutvertically in the face of the block, extending in a general directionlongitudinally of the block and adapted to receive the edges of therecords therein.

As shown, clearly in the drawings, each series of grooves terminates atone end a short distance from the adjacent end of the block, and is cutthrough the opposite end of the block, the two series of grooves beingin opposed relation to one another longitudinally of the block, that issay, each series of grooves terminates short of the end through whichthe other series is cut,

the main lengths of the two series of grooves Specification of LettersPatent. patgnflgd J 24) gg g Application filed July 5, 1921.

Serial No. 482,482.

overlapping. the top face of the block in the spaces between the firstmentioned end of each series and the adjacent end of the block.

The respective grooves of each series deverge, or spread out,-fromtheends adjacent the thumb holes it toward the opposite ends thusproviding walls 10" of gradually increased thickness between thegrooves, these walls being comparatively thlck at the end of the blockthrough which the grooves are cut.

As shown in Fig. 1 each series of grooves is complementary to the other,the inner grooves of the respective series extending parallel to eachother and being separated by a wall element 10*. By means of thisarrangement as will be apparent, the average spacing of the records willbe that of the spacing of the grooves 11 midway between the ends of theblock, while the walls between the grooves are of a thicknessconsiderably greater at the ends where the grooves are cut through theend of the block where the unbraced corner elements are found. I am thusenabled to space the records closely together while providing supportingwalls therebetween of adequate strength and therefore can accommodate amaximum number of records in a block of a given width. In addition, thediverging arrangement of the grooves facilitates the withdrawal of therecords therefrom.

To prevent any tendency of the records to roll out of the grooves 11, 12the bottoms 11, 12 thereof are preferably inclined from their separatedends toward their con verged ends as shown in Fig. 3, the bottoms of thegrooves curving upward toward the top of the block at the latter ends asat 11 and 12*.

The holder as thus constructed may be carried in the ordinary recordcabinet of a talking machine, or in any other desired place, or it mayform the base of a specially constructed cabinet or have a special covermade therefor. The records, one of which is indicated in place at R inFig. 4, may be readily withdrawn from the holder by placing the fingeron the edges and rolling them out of the grooves 11.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows l. Atalking machine record holder com- Thnmb holes 1% are cut in prising ablock having two series of grooves therein, the respective grooves ofeach series diverging from one another, and the two series beingarranged in opposed relation longitudinally thereof.

2. A talking machine record holder comprising a block having two seriesof grooves therein, each series terminating short-of one end of theblock and completely through the other end, the respective grooves ofthe two series diverging away from one another toward the last mentionedend.

3. A talking machine record holder comprising a block having two seriesof grooves therein, each series terminating short of one end of theblock andcompletely through the other end, the respective grooves of thetwo series diverging away from one another toward the last mentioned.end, said block havin thumb holes formed in the to)

